MANILA, Philippines – The state weather bureau warned of potential hazards next week as Kammuri strengthened from a severe tropical storm into a typhoon outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Thursday morning, November 28. The hazards are all the more a cause of concern, as the Philippines is currently hosting the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games until December 11. In a press briefing past 11 am on Thursday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Kammuri now has maximum winds of 120 kilometers per hour (km/h) and gustiness of up to 150 km/h. The typhoon is already 1,430 kilometers east of the Visayas, moving west northwest at a slow pace of 10 km/h. Since Kammuri continues to move over water, PAGASA said "steady intensification is likely," though still within typhoon category. The state weather bureau is not ruling out the possibility that Kammuri could become a super typhoon, but said there is only ...
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